Exam 9: Symbolic Communication and Language

Latinos tend to prefer less personal space than Canadians.

Which of the following is not a basic component of spoken language?

Explain the theory of speech accommodation.Offer examples of three ways the theory predicts that speakers or listeners may indicate intimacy or liking.Under what circumstances may these behaviors actually increase negative feelings, rather than positive?

When Willow asks her friend Hazel about her weekend, Hazel says that she had a delightful time home with her family, but her voice is flat, her face stern, and her arms across her chest.Willow is confused by the inconsistencies between Willow's words and her other cues.Willow does not suspect that Hazel is lying.In order to resolve this inconsistency, Willow is most likely to ____________.

Chapter Nine discusses a number of factors that may influence normative distances for interaction, including all of the following except _____________.

While at a party, Joe saw Becky from his social psychology class.He thought she was pretty, and wanted to see if she would like to get coffee with him some time, but he wasn't sure if she was single.He noticed that, though the room was not crowded, she was standing just an inch or two away from the man with whom she was chatting.He decided that she was probably in a relationship with him, and chose not to approach her.Joe is relying on _____________ to make inferences about the relationship between Becky and the man.

The clothing we wear and the way we choose to decorate our bedrooms are considered forms of communication.

Sounds like "m-hmmm," "yeah," and "huh?" as well as head nods and brief smiles are all examples of _____________.

Research demonstrates that women are more likely to interrupt men in conversation than men are to interrupt women.

It took three days for Laura to respond to Brenda's text about setting up a girls' night out, and now Brenda was worried that Laura didn't like her as much as she thought.The lack of immediate response is due to texting's _____________nature, and is the reason that the lag between sending and receiving a message can be meaningful to the sender.

In comparison to face-to-face communication, which of the following is true of computer-mediated communication?

Demetri is dominating the conversation with Anastasia.One way Anastasia can signal her desire to speak is by inhaling audibly.

Heath belongs to a local cricket club.The team has developed shorthand for communicating to each other on the field.This lingo carries over into how they communicate in the clubhouse where family and players from other teams cannot follow when the players recap highlights from the game.Heath's team demonstrates __________ in their communication.

By combining verbal and non-verbal channels of communication, we increase accuracy.